The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
WILLIAM JAMESTension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
More William James Quotes
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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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